July 3, 2008
Ever since the phenomenal Friends series went off air in 2004, there have been persistent rumors, valid or otherwise, that the next time we see Rachel, Ross, Phoebe, Chandler, Monica, and Joey, it will be on the big screen. However, none had been stronger than those that have surfaced in light of the Sex and the City film's stunning success, with around $130 million in domestic earnings alone.
True enough, several sources have reported that the timeline for this potentially huge movie event can be as close as in 18 months' time, and rumor has it that each of the six main cast member - Jennifer Aniston, Courtney Cox-Arquette, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, and Matthew Perry - is due to get at the very least $19 million for reprising their roles.
June 20, 2008
After playing Chandler Bing on the hugely popular television sitcom Friends for 10 years, Matthew Perry attempts to make another huge hit role as he stars on Showtime’s The End of Steve. The dark comedy series has been given a pilot order with a substantial penalty attached with it: the promise that it will showcase a darker side of Perry viewers have never seen before.
After his stint on Friends, Perry starred in the telefilm The Ron Clark Story, where he played the title role. He then returned to primetime television with his role as Matt Albie on NBC’s Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip where he received strong reviews for his performance. Unfortunately, the series only lasted for one season.
August 14, 2007
On television, Paul Rudd was known as Mike Hannigan on the award-winning comedy series Friends. His character was introduced in season nine as the date of Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), whom Joey found by chance in the coffee house when he forgets to set her up with one of his friends. Despite the obstacles, personal issues and differences, his relationship with Phoebe eventually blossomed into marriage, putting a happy ending to Phoebe's lifelong quest for a family and long-lasting love.
August 14, 2007
As Janice Hosenstein Litman Goralnik on Friends, Maggie Wheeler was distinctly known for her nasal voice, obnoxious laugh and her trademark cry of “Oh…my…God.” She quickly became the laughingstock of the group and the bane of Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry), which made her on-again, off-again relationship with him a comic relief throughout the series. What started out as a guest spot on a single episode turned into a 10-season recurring role that has made its way into TV history.
June 25, 2007
Jennifer Aniston, best known as Rachel Green on the hit sitcom Friends, will executive produce the period musical entitled Goree Girls. Based on a true story, Goree Girls is a film about eight women who were incarcerated at Texas’ Goree State Farm penitentiary in the 1940s who formed one of the first all-female western acts in history.
Aniston, a 38-year old native of Sherman Oaks, California, is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning film and television actress. Apart from Friends, she is also known for her roles in films, including Bruce Almighty, Along Came Polly, The Break-Up, Rumor Has It, and Derailed.
June 13, 2007
Matthew Perry earned fame and fortune for playing the role of Chandler Bing on the sitcom Friends. The son of erotic novelist Nora Tyler Bing and cross-dressing Vegas burlesque star Charles Bing, he had an unpleasant childhood when his parents broke up. Referred to as “The Funny One,” he started using sardonic behavior and wisecracks as a defense mechanism, especially when he’s in an uncomfortable social situation. He was popularly noted for sharing an apartment with Joey, and for supporting him by paying for the rent, his headshots and food. The two got in many humorous adventures and formed a very likable friendship. Chandler dated a few women on the show but was most famous for his affairs with the recurring character Janice, and as well as Monica. Initially, he began dropping hints that he was interested in Monica but she perceived it as a joke. Eventually, Chandler and Monica slept together and began a secret affair. After their friends’ discovery of their relationship, they later moved in, finally got married, and even adopted twin babies towards the end of the series.
June 13, 2007
David Schwimmer catapulted to stardom when he was cast on the award-winning sitcom Friends. For ten years, he worked as a regular cast member and even served as the director of several episodes of the series. As the paleontologist Ross Geller, he was distinctly known for his nasal voice, nerdy intellect and abstract sense of humor. His love for dinosaurs and other scientific beliefs often led to conflict with Phoebe’s self-devised beliefs, and were usually a recurring joke throughout the series. Described by his parents as a “medical marvel,” he was generally favored by his parents over his younger sister Monica. As for his love life, he dated several women on the show and got divorced three times, starting off with Carol, Emily and then Rachel. But among all the women he dated, he was most enthralled with Rachel, who was his crush since high school. His on and off relationship with Rachel over the years eventually resulted to a happy ending when Rachel decided to stay for Ross instead of moving to Paris during its finale episode.
May 16, 2007
Stardom came to Lisa Kudrow when she became part of the sitcom Friends. Although she already starred on television shows and worked in a number of movies prior to her participation on the award-winning series, she attracted much attention as the longhaired blonde performer named Phoebe Buffay. Portraying the ditzy and flaky character earned her an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1998, a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series in 2000 and more than ten nominations from various award-giving bodies.